New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- India has been expediting development projects in Afghanistan. Given Afghanistan's rapport with India, Kabul has a natural tendency to reach out to India to referee the political transition

American President Trump wanted to quit Afghanistan at least by the American election in November, 2020, but could succeed only in the drawdown of American troops to the last 2500 men. Now the mantle has been passed down to the next President, Joe Biden.

The Biden administration has made its intention clear to bring America's 20-year involvement in Afghanistan to a dignified end. In his first foreign policy address, Biden made no overt reference to Afghanistan. Now American officials mull over ways to bring home the last remaini...